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Lamentations 2:4 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Lamentations 2:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 2 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. all: Heb. all the desirable of the eye”
Lamentations 2:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 2:4
A terrifying image: "He hath bent his bow like an enemy" (darakh kasho ke-oyev, דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ כְּאוֹיֵב). God assumes the posture of a warrior attacking His own people. The term oyev (אוֹיֵב, "enemy") shocks—the covenant LORD treating Israel as an enemy. "Stood with his right hand as an adversary" (nitsav yemino ke-tsar) continues the military imagery. God's right hand, which should defend Israel (Psalm 44:3), now attacks. The verse's climax: "and slew all that were pleasant to the eye" (vayaharog kol machamadei-ayin). The "pleasant to the eye" (machamadei-ayin) may refer to young men and ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 2:4
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“my anger and my wrath shall be poured out on this place”
“son of man”
“and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around”
“and set me as a mark for the arrow.”
“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me”
“even in anger”
“with the chastisement of a cruel one”
“and the rocks are broken apart by him.”
“and will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people.”
“and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest”